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Independent from Long Beach, California • 113

Publication:
Independenti
Location:
Long Beach, California
Issue Date:
Page:
113
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Granger Wmiams tunes up Us World War I reodd of famed Freath floater pbaey the MOt Squara Akport wbere drt ties model aircraft, the, walkie-talkie got on the pilots fra--' such an insurance policy for toy air quency, Us aircraft would be In trouble. planes. i ARRANGER Williams maned tilt sky over Granger Williams- Bad, and five Fountain Valley and wateliedthewfad- wtata forested1 hr plane and nck it MB Square Airport as a southeast ij gf wind woold i too silk jiui miffed it full inAjii- skin fitted tightly over the delicate it, wines. He didn't flySurtday. glancedoverat Us airplane, a v.v.V'': Nleuport With a candy striped nosftltdaid- Others did, braving the wind and even dared in the wind even though it wasf Usrine helicopter hovering over MHe 'Sparked on the Square Airport on a photo' reconnaissance vWffltad Jmd almsdy 2s RlgSl of Costa Mesa pulled hade on stick and, lifted an all-metal ddta-winged 4 sD theMarines did own the sir strip.

Ai- THE PILOTS were more concerned that aome youngster in the neighborhood might would do two flips, forward and one flip; backwards, then go into a tail spin pulled Vclub was Unydi of Even Lloyds rapidly downward toward the earth like a wondered about the authenticity of there-moth drawn to a quest and thoroughly Investigated too' If diis, happened, the pflof would fight group to snake sure it wasnt some sort of -the stick end hope the waikietalUe bnad joke." cartwouklcease in time for him a firm control betorethe plungng aircraft beachhead on the Marines air strip.Ws caked against the eertl. Radio Interference week-to-week tenants and must renew could put the aircraft on a collision course wniIP tn becaure these pilot, fly their pknes with gXt bothtort planted sofroathe igwimd; jS been extrSely coopro- bre2 live and this spot is secluded end Ideal tor Sunday pilots in Orange County who get air- -r Urn tMIU experimental aircraft off the gH run-way. The aircraft had strained to get air bore: then into a series of roller coaster dips and nose-dived into the "The shiny new aircraft was damaged tensivdy, be playing with a toy walkie-talkie and use it to call for veinforeements la a play at the same time their aircraft was in flight 'x- I' s' earn. In gettlns tout' planes aloft tor .10 or 15 minuted on tour quency the government has assigMd radto-ounces of tod. 'I' wnrv ARE Grove Radio Control Chit The planes they fly are radio-controlled models.

The dub, dubs from all over the United States fa oreaniad three years ago, has 128 an-i lobby to convince the government to Is one ofSe Ust radio-control model airplane dubs fa Southern trolled flyfatflbe clutoftow share a CM-The dubstarted withlO membera, Taw frequency with everyone who adults, and all with a mutual hobhy-flyfagi ndiocontroOed model aircraft Members munlcstkais Instrument Isnt assigned v.s.s: i.vV first took their noisy flints to neighbor- to a rhsmT or amateur Ucmdfrequ hood school grounds on the weekends buti waits are sometimes disastrous wheo soon found outthat the residents nearhy mepiie toaks fa lacked their enthusiasm tor. model kept promising to mov" Ztemekerrt WretaSnrter, dub dther commrkltsorfrom the recalls, tad we finally did as soooas own design. Most to eonrtroct- local TlEISrest place the adults'found. far irPhff with thdf toy airplanes end no ax ptalnts from was an bandoevre twtahu f1alnKtfa -itaodd8 cost anywheie from to MtanuMn-h. hnt fWn pconcbMl Oe ltaitan Toro ml ukad rtllH CMteM-TM rimplMt Son oh tfae MIl, Sqam AhpMt -hi Navy-abandoned air strtkm built fa weiw.The pnnsinmer puts out World Warn and now used as a practice 2 Add far Marine heiicontew.

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